Comparative assessment of crash causal factors and IVHS countermeasures

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• Creators:
  Najm, W. C. ; Koziol, J. S. ; Tijerina, L. ; Pierowicz, J. A. ; Hendricks, Donald L.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crash analysis
  • Crash avoidance systems
  • Countermeasures
  • Technology assessment
  • Accident analysis
  • Accident avoidance
  • Accident prevention
  • Collision models
  • Driver attitude
  • Human factors
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• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Crash Avoidance Research, in ; conjunction with the Research and Special Programs Administration’s Volpe National ; Transportation Systems Center, has underway a multi-disciplinary program to: identify crash ; causal factors and applicable Intelligent Vehicle-Highway System countermeasure concepts, ; model crash scenarios and avoidance maneuvers, provide preliminary estimates of countermeasure ; effectiveness when appropriate, and identify research and data needs. To date, five crash types ; have been examined which include rear-end, backing, single vehicle roadway departure, lane ; change, and intersection/crossing path crashes. This paper describes the methodology employed ; in analyzing crash scenarios and developing functional countermeasure concepts independent of ; specific technologies. To illustrate that methodology, several steps in the lane change crash ; analysis are presented. In addition, the causal factors of four subtypes of intersection/crossing ; path crash problems are tabulated and functional countermeasure concepts are devised based on ; a matrix of crash causes and subtypes. Finally, the causal factors of the five crash types ; mentioned above are synthesized in separate categories dealing with the driving task, driver ; physiological state, and the driving environment.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4299/dot_4299_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 302.80 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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